Osgoldcross Rural District
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Osgoldcross | |
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History | |
• Created | 1938 |
• Abolished | 1974 |
• Succeeded by | Selby District City of Wakefield |
Status | Rural district |
• HQ | Pontefract |
Osgoldcross Rural District was a rural district in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was created in 1938, from 19 remaining parishes of the disbanded Pontefract Rural District after three-quarters of its population (but only a small fraction of the area) had been transferred to surrounding authorities - specifically to Castleford (which took 14,145 of the 23,981 in the district in 1931), Knottingley, and Pontefract.
It was named after the Wapentake of Osgoldcross and administered from Pontefract.
Since 1 April 1974, it has formed part of the District of Selby and the City of Wakefield.
At the time of its dissolution it consisted of the following 19 civil parishes.
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All but Darrington and East Hardwick went to Selby district.